Heteropoda venatoria and L. Geometricus

[xqzstyle]

Got a large Florida huntsman, have it in plastic critter cage with egg crate hide, no substrate, this okay? Also, do widows drop unfertilized eggs? Final question: found the huntsman in the bathroom, are my crickets attracting spiders?

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Did some searching, looks like I'm gonna want an arboreal setup for the Florida huntsman, decent arboreal setups are pricey though.

 

[xStainD]

You can make an enclosure out of just about anything. Stop by your local grocery store and you can find all kinds of stuff to make a cage out of. Just make sure its plastic so you can punch holes in it. I've used mayonnaise jars, peanut jars, and assorted tupper wares.

 

[xqzstyle]

Thanks X, I see you live in FL too, tell me about your wild caughts. Im gonna stck with the critter cage until I find something more aboreal like.

 

[xStainD]

I've observed a lot of the local spiders here but have only kept Black Widows and Wolf spiders.

This is one of the female woflies I have now: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=208437

 

[Widowman10]

Also, do widows drop unfertilized eggs?

the blacks don't really, but the browns will sometime.

chances are, if it's a geo, that the sac is fertile.

 

[buthus]

Also, do widows drop unfertilized eggs?
Yes, but its rare. Old, non-mated hesperus, mactans and geos have done this for me. ...usually dud sacs are also irregular/misshaped or even unfinished, but not always. Other possible reasons.. extreme environmental changes and cross breeding.
Yours is going to hatch ..99.8% :razz:

 

[Widowman10]

good point about the mishapen sacs. the eggs will sometimes be a little funny color too.